by admin | Sep 10, 2013 | Helping Our Community, September 2013 Dispatcher
ILWU Walk the Coast organizers had two goals for this year’s event: get more locals to participate and raise more money than last year. Both of those goals were achieved. Walk the Coast is an ILWU, coastwise event dedicated to three principles – to raise awareness and...
by admin | Sep 10, 2013 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, September 2013 Dispatcher
Over 200 Oakland recycling workers staged a powerful show of unity and action by striking on Tuesday, July 30. Employees from the City’s two recycling contractors – Waste Management and California Waste Solutions (CWS) – walked off their jobs midway through the...
by admin | Jun 24, 2013 | Helping Our Community, June 2013 Dispatcher
Last year’s ILWU “Walk the Coast” event in Southern California raised $95,000 to benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand(ALSF), a charity which fights childhood cancers. This impressive total made ILWU Walk the Coast a Top 100 Fundraiser for ALSF—out of 6,000 participants—in...
by admin | Jun 24, 2013 | June 2013 Dispatcher
A group of Emergency Medical Technician (EMTs) who keep Portland residents and visitors safe at the Convention Center and other public facilities recently won a victory for themselves and the public they serve by joining the ILWU. After years of working alongside ILWU...
by admin | Jun 24, 2013 | June 2013 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
Bill’s ILWU career spanned a period of almost 40 years between 1951 until his retirement in 1992. He served as Executive Board member and Vice-President of the old Vancouver Deepsea Local 501, and was elected to serve as Business Agent for 17 years in the amalgamated...
by admin | Jun 24, 2013 | Featured, June 2013 Dispatcher
Every longshore worker already knows what government investigators recently told Congress: the TWIC system is a failure. GAO flunks TWIC A report released in early May by the Government Accounting Office (GAO) confirmed the failure of expensive new scanners that were...
